Special Message
06/22/1894
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None of us are entitled to credit for extreme tenderness and consideration toward those who fought their country's battles.
His disability from army service should be conceded and his death at some time and in some manner may well be presumed; but the fact that he...
There is no merit whatever in this case.
It seems that this claim was not definitely passed upon.